Weird dash character in PHP

Question

I have a weird dash in my text, which isn\'t being detected in a str_replace.

Here is an example:

Sun: 10:00 – 3:00pm

I don

Answer 1

For an alternative, if other answers don't work for you, like in my case, this works for me.

$title = "Hunting, Tactical & Outdoor Optics eCommerce Store ΓÇô $595,000 ΓÇö SOLD";
$title = str_replace(html_entity_decode('–', ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'), '-', $title);
$title = str_replace(html_entity_decode('—', ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'), '-', $title);